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DC Council passes COVID-19 relief bill with rent freeze, consumer protections 04/07/2020 01:27pm • D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson ran the council's first-ever remote meeting. (Courtesy D.C. Council) Meeting remotely for the first time in its 45-year history, the D.C. Council on Tuesday unanimously passed its second emergency COVID-19 relief bill, a measure that establishes a rent freeze DC Council to vote on coronavirus bill that imposes citywide rent freeze 04/06/2020 02:57pm • The D.C. Council is set to vote Tuesday on a major coronavirus relief package that extends Mayor Muriel Bowser's authority to declare a health emergency through mid-June and imposes a citywide rent freeze, among other measures. Details of a draft version of the bill were unveiled Monday morning b How is coronavirus outbreak impacting Easter spending? 04/06/2020 10:14am • Easter and the days leading up to the holiday are the holiest dates on the Christian calendar. In celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the holiday usually means churches attract their biggest crowds of the year. With the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, most cities and states are under m Curtain Call: DC-area theaters hope to stage comeback after coronavirus 04/06/2020 01:05am • Ford's Theatre sits empty. (Maxwell MacKenzie via Ford's Theatre) They say all the world is a stage, but what happens when the world closes the stage? The recent coronavirus crowd restrictions have devastated the local theater community, whose entire livelihood and passion for life relie Coronavirus update: DC closes market at Wharf after evidence of overcrowding on Saturday 04/05/2020 03:35pm • A sign posted at a market stall at the Fisherman's Market at The Wharf in Southwest D.C. The latest Overnight, bright orange emergency closure signs were posted at the Fisherman's Market within The Wharf complex in D.C. after multiple reports of overcrowding on Saturday. There are over 7,0 Cherry Blossom races go virtual; raise funds for those impacted by coronavirus 04/04/2020 09:21pm • The Cherry Blossom 10-mile and 5K races are virtual this year. One credit union is using that as an opportunity to give back to those having financial difficulties during the coronavirus pandemic. While runners aren't racing through downtown D.C. as part of the Cherry Blossom ten miler this year, Coronavirus update: Va. picks field hospital sites; DC projects up to 93,000 infections 04/04/2020 01:18am • Medical personnel perform drive up tests in the parking lot of United Medical Center as Mayor Muriel Bowser holds a news conference nearby to update the city on the COVID-19 crisis, in Washington, DC, April 2, 2020. (Photo by Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images) The latest The W Data Doctors: Tips on how to use video conference services like Zoom safely 04/03/2020 08:53am • Q: Is it safe to use Zoom for my videoconferences or should I consider something else? A: With most of the country under a "stay at home" order, the use of video conferencing has skyrocketed. Zoom’s user numbers reportedly went from around 10 million daily users in December to more than 200 Montgomery County songwriter pens comfort song to cope with pandemic 04/03/2020 12:16am •  A Montgomery County, Maryland, teenager, who as a 12-year-old in 2013 stole the show when Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong invited him on stage to sing at the Patriot Center — now called EagleBank Arena — has written a song of hope amid the COVID-19 outbreak. Davis Gestieh U.Md. provides additional details about partial fee refunds 04/02/2020 10:49pm • The University of Maryland has released more details about partial fee refunds students will get following the transition to online classes to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The university will give students prorated fee refunds or credits for the following: room and board if they have be Md. student sent home from college in Ohio describes new reality 04/02/2020 03:47am • Sabrina Moran, 20, said she uses apps like HouseParty and Skype to connect with her friends at Xavier University in Ohio. (Courtesy Sabrina Moran) As the coronavirus spreads, college students are getting used to their new normal, attending classes entirely online. A Maryland student attending sc Coronavirus: Social Security recipients won't need to file return to get stimulus check; Va. could see April-May surge 04/02/2020 12:00am • The Petworth-Georgia Ave. Metro station is usually a bustling hub of activity. (WTOP/Will Vitka) The latest The Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service announced Wednesday that Social Security beneficiaries who are not typically required to file tax returns will not need t Shop sells 'hundreds' of doughnuts starring Dr. Fauci's face 03/27/2020 09:57pm • In this Wednesday, March 25, 2020 photo, donuts bearing the likeness of Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, rest on a plate at Donuts Delite in Rochester, N.Y. Donuts Delite began making donuts featuring Fauci's face earlier in the week. (Shawn Somebody likes Duke’s burgers: Dupont eatery gets anonymous $5K donation 03/27/2020 12:57pm • Duke's Grocery is known for its Proper Burger. (Courtesy Duke's Grocery/Credit April Greer, Thrillist) D.C.-area restaurants owners are hoping for some support from their patrons, through gift cards or take-out or through their individual fundraisers to pay employees. It turns out somebody mu Va., Md. make changes to tolling amid COVID-19 pandemic 03/26/2020 12:25pm • Virginia and Maryland are making some tolling changes amid the novel coronavirus outbreak. Virginia In addition to expanding all-electronic tolling where possible, Virginia is planning to reduce the minimum amount required in E-ZPass accounts from $35 to $20 within the next few days, Transportatio